Archive for May, 2008
Wednesday, May 28th, 2008
On Monday (May 26) European Commission's DG Information Society and Media published wide research on European projects in field of information technologies and communications: The Future of the Internet - A Compendium of European Projects on ICT Research Supported by the EU 7th Framework. Book can be downloaded free of ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Parliament of Latvia is going to prolong ombudsman's term of service from 4 years to 5. Changes in term would take effect with year 2010 when next ombudsman takes his post.
Changes in legislation also provides that procedure of ombudsman's dismissal may be initiated by at least one third of Members ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Lifehacker has an article about the best ways to protect your files and do it for free. Worth reading if you value your privacy.
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Historian, author, and playwright Howard Zinn gives interview to AlterNet whre he speaks about his life beliefs, democracy, anarchism etc. and why anarchism "shouldn't be a dirty word".
The term anarchism has become associated with two phenomena with which real anarchists don't want to associate themselves with. One is violence, ...
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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
Neo-Nazis are Russia's problem for more than 10 years if not even more. Cases of racially based crime crise each year. Though officially confronted by government forces they are often (unofficially) backed my local authorities. I remember visiting Voronez around '99 and i saw advertisements of RNE (Russian National Unity ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Vilnius Zine Fest is a two-day event for all zine-lovers which is expected to be full of cool things to read and watch, good music and hot discussions, inspirations and practical experiences. It takes place at 17th and 18th May in Vilnius, Lithuania. More info about zinefest - http://zinefest.noblogs.org/.
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Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
After releasing music in Bittorrent sites famous band Nine Inch Nails gives away their new albumfor free. Allyou have to do to download the album - enter your e-mail address. Pretty cheap, isn'n it?
the music is available in a variety of formats including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Each year 1st May (which s holiday in Latvia) is the day of critical mass in Riga - with aim to manifest that Riga despite some bike roads is very unfriendly and dangerous city for byciclers. It's already 6th year if i remember correctly.
Unfortunately i don't own a bike so ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Today World press freedom day is celebrated. It is initiative of United Nations Organisation as opportunity to celebrate the fundamental principles of press freedom; to evaluate press freedom, to defend the media from attacks on their independence and to pay tribute to journalists who have lost their lives in ...
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Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
New book of Jonathan Zittrain The future of the internet and how to stop it is out. As Lawrence Lessig putsit: This book will redefine the field we call the law of cyberspace. You can buy usual print version or download book (as PDF file) for free. Book is published ...
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